A61B 2017/0287
With elastic retracting members connectable to a frame
Official title: {with elastic retracting members connectable to a frame, e.g. hooked elastic wires}
A61B2017/0287 (With elastic retracting members connectable to a frame) appears on 176 US grants and 204 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 176
- Published applications
- 204
- Assignees
- 85
- Inventors
- 288
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Surgical rib retractor1 Sep 2026US 12,721,614 B2LSI Solutions, Inc.
- Independent rod suspension11 Aug 2026US 12,702,398 B2VB Spine US Opco LLC
- Tissue retraction devices, systems, and methods2 Jun 2026US 12,642,517 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Systems and methods including an adjustable retractor frame19 May 2026US 12,629,144 B2Biophyx Surgical, Inc.
- Frame21 Apr 2026US 12,605,225 B2Mosaic Surgical Limited
- Tissue retraction devices, systems, and methods24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283609 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Spinal paravertebral muscle and spinal dura retractor system13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232305 A1The Regents of the University of California
- Frame18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165812 A1Mosaic Surgical Limited
- A retraction device with arrangement of hook, clamp and elastic member11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157739 A1
- Devices, systems, and methods for tissue traction4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151124 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Non-rigid surgical retractor1,514US 7,955,257 B2DePuy Spine, Inc. · 2011
- Modular tool heads for use with circular surgical instruments1,503US 8,827,903 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Trans-rectum universal ports1,500US 8,632,462 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Rectal manipulation devices1,489US 8,734,478 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014
- Tissue manipulation devices1,476US 8,858,590 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2014